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Here’s a chopping block was sent over by a nieghbor for repair. It seems that over the years one of the pieces was lost due to drying. Calculations estimate about 100 board feet in total so it must weigh in at over 300lbs. I think the general dimensions were 14” thick, 36” wide x 32” long?? This thing was a monster to wrestle around the shop!! All of the pics you see are of the block on it’s side.
The repair consisted of replacing one of the end pieces and tightening the rest of the pieces. If you look close you will see about 5 plugs that concealed 5/8” threaded rod. This rod was drilled through to keep the block together. So all I needed to do is remove the old plugs, tighten the rod, turn new plugs and replace:) Unfortunatly, I didn’t get pics of the 6×6 turned legs. An awesome piece to say the least!
RJ
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Dusty56
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posted 528 days ago
I guess my only question is …why would anyone make something 14” thick ? They must have been slaughtering elephants on it ! LOL.. have a great day : )
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RJones
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posted 528 days ago
A bit excessive huh? I guess the gentlemen’s dad was a butcher many years ago so maybe not an elephant but many a cow, elk and deer:)
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scottb
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posted 528 days ago
certainly was built to last forever. A foodie friend of mine has a monster one as well, it’ll stand up to generations of abuse.
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Bigbuck
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posted 528 days ago
Wow that thing is huge!! Now that is a cutting board
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brianinpa
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posted 528 days ago
That is one big block! I was thinking buffalo, but elephant is about the right size for that block.
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GaryK
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posted 528 days ago
Jeez!
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Doug S.
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posted 528 days ago
Geez that looks like the one Mel Gibson lost his head on in Braveheart:-))
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teenagewoodworker
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posted 528 days ago
I’m speechless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 527 days ago
They make ‘em that thick to keep ‘em from warping over their six hundred year life expectancy. LOL
Lee
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lazyfiremaninTN
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posted 527 days ago
Wanna know how one eats elephant?
One bite at a time….....LOL
What a monster. Kinda dwarfs all my planed cutting boards.
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Jon3
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posted 527 days ago
That is one heck of a chopping block.
Did you do any resurfacing on the top? That would have been interesting, to say the least!
RJones
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posted 527 days ago
Nope, I had direct orders not to touch the top! There would have been a lot of charachter lost there:( Not to mention a work out from heck!!
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FlWoodRat
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posted 527 days ago
I wonder how many gallons of mineral oil would be sucked up by all that end grain. Good luck with your project.
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